Early baseball in Arkansas/Club 26
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| Location | Arkansas |
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| Year | 1868 |
| Month | 9 |
| Modern address | Van Buren AR |
| City | Van Buren |
| State | AR |
| Nickname | Ku Klux,? |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
Van Buren had a base ball club in 1868, that was scheduled to play in a base ball tournament at the State Fair. See Little Rock Morning Republican, September 9, 1868. This town had a Ku Klux Klub in 1869. [Arkansas Baseball Encyclopedia, website at www.arkbaseball.com]
Van Buren AR is about 150 miles NW of Little Rock in the NW corner of the state. It is about 5 miles NE of Ft. Smith.
Sources
Little Rock Morning Republican, September 9, 1868
